Sales-check.



PATENTBD PEB. 19, 1907.

IIJII 6. HBINBRSDORP. SALES CHECK. APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 19.06.

o bottom and is intended to .have printed GUSTAV HEINERSDORF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SALESl To n//Z whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, GUsTAV HEINERSDORF,

of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful lmprovcments in Sales Slips or Checks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invent-ion is to provideA an improved construction of sales-slip the use of which will protect the employer and the customer-from fraud by the employees and which will in turn serve to protect the employees from the unjust accusation that might followa transactionowing to a misunuerstandin' that might arise, and a further object ofthe invention is to provide a sales-slip of this character which embodies .means where by the salesman at all times may keep account of an order if it be partly filled, so as to facilitate his work and serve. the patrons of the establishment to the best advantage.

. Y With this and other objects in view, as will more` fully appear as the description proceeds, theinventien consists of an improved construction and arrangement of parts of a sales check or slip, which will befhereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in whichn Figure 1 isa face View of an entire salesslip embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View, 'but with part of the coupons detached. F1 r. 3 is a face view of the order-sheet ofthe s ip alone. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the entire slip.4

Corres ending and like parts are referred to in the fe lowing description and 'indicatedfin' al] the views of the drawings by the same ref erence characters.

' My improved sales-slip embodies an ordersheet E, which practically forms one-half ofthe slip and ,is preferably located at, the left-hand side thereof.- This order-sheet "E" is provided with a space N at the top extended to receive thaliane of the establishment using the improved system and checks thereof. It also containsa A V, which may be located at any portlonthercof, but in the. present instance 1s shown at the thereon the number of the salesman to wh om theche'ck is issued and also a serial number designatin the different checks inj a book issued to t e said salesman for his/use, and

Specification of Letters Patent. y Application filed May 16, 1906. Serial Nol 317|21.

CHECK'.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

,l at one side of the main portion` of the ordertions,I three in number in the present instance, the section H' beinf1r printed to indicate the department of the establishment principally intended, the intermediate section E the name of the system or the trademark name of my invention, andthe section I the dat-e upon which the checks are issued.

'lhe order-sheet E is intended to have written thereon the order for goods to be sold to the customer or to be served to him, and at the right-hand side of this order-sheet are two columns S and D, which are intended ordered in dollars and cents, respectively.

In connection with order-sheet Em-my improved sales check or slip embodies three series of cou ons, all of winch are connected together an. to theorder-sheet, as shown` These series run vertically or longitudinally, as illustrated, and are designated O, R, and F, respectively, the series O being located next to the order-sheet and the SeriesF being located at the extreme lright-hand side of the slip. Each coupon of these three series displays on its 'front face the number of the salesman correspondingI to the number in the spaceV that designates the salesman and the serial number of the check correspendinfy to the 'serial number inthe said space V. QIn addition to these numbers, that in the present instance are H3 and 8 and which refer to the salesman No 3 and check Ne S, I provide three series of distinguishing-marks, so as to tell at a glance one coupon Afrom unother in the same series and each coupon of one series from all the coupons of the other two series. In the present instance these 'three series of distinguishing-marks are respectively a set of numerals, letters of the a a lurality of letters spelling some code-word. T cse 'are all displayed on the rear faces ol the couponyas best seen in Fig. 4. By reference to this view of the drawing` it will be. seen that I have chosen'as illustrative ot the system'I numerals ranging Afrom l to 11 on the rear face of the series O, lower-case letters ranffing from =a; to-fli upon the rear fa'ce ol the seriesR, and letters upon the name, I'Ieinersdorl As twoA of these lctters are repeated, I contrast the repeated ph abet arranged in their proper order, and

sheet is a column divided into different secissuing the check or for which the check is t to contain the prices of the various articles rear face of the series Ff, which spell my surtinct element are of course initially all connected together;

, ed that the series the series li shall he the order-series designed.

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letters with respect to the other letters by making one of each repeated letter a capital letter and the other a small or lower-case letter, as shown. In addition to these three means for distinguishing the different coupons and the diil'erentseries of coupons vI provid'e an additional distinguishing means in that I weaken that portion of the sheet which forms the coupons upon zigzag lines,

which in the present instance are perfora` by means of the perforations or other weakening-lines each coupon is shown to be a d isfrom the others, although they By this arrangement it will be seen that not only do the zigzag lines serve as a means for distinguishing the coupons from each other, but they prevent to a large degree the. accidental removal of more couponsthan the user intends, because the sections of the transverse lines 'extend at angles to each other, and accordingly two or more coupons can only be detached by tearing transversely when suilieieiit thought is taken for the removal of a plurality of coupons. v

In the present instance I have shown my improved sales-check as in use in a res-tauwliere I lzelieve it will be especially useful, although itis obvious that it is not limited to such use. In the practical use of my improved sales slips or checks the customer or salesman-'for instance: the waiterlillsout the order of goods in the main space of the order-sheet E, and the price of each article is placed opposite'the order in the S and D columns, respectively. Before the waiter can till the order itis necessary for him to till out certain coupons. It is intendf 0 of coupons shall be the tally-series, thatthe series R shall he the stock-room or receipt department, and that to l;e presented by the waiter to the bar or kitchen or other department from which he desires goods ordered by the customer. Accordingly the waiter will lill outafter the customer has given his order a certain number of the series O ccupons with the respective prices of the dillei'ent articles ordered. In addition he will also fill' out in the series R the saine prices and will fill out-in the series F the ditlerentorders and so that he can leave these last-named coupons with the department from which he eX- pects to receive the goods. In the present instance it will be seen that the customers the prices thereof,VM

have ordered four beers#7 and certain vi ands. After the waiter has filled out the coupons, as above described, and as illustrated `in the accompanying drawings, he takes thel `coupons to the different departments and tears off the coupons in the seriesF and leaves them for the various departments. to fill the order. In the present instance'it is obvious that he will leave the top coupon of the series F with the bar and will take the next three vin the series tothe kitchen and leave them With the proper party of that department. coupons obviously will keep a' check upon the waiter, because if there are any coupons of the series F that have been filled out and not detached it will at once remind -him that he has not applied to the kitchen or bar, as the case may he, for the order or goods represented by the said undetached coupon.

In filling the order the waiter will take his checkback to the different departments after a proper linterval has elapsedto lurnish the goods, and when the diiferent departments hand over to him the goods they will take as receipts the [illed-out coupons of the series lt, i and this will insure thatthe waiter is not getting more than he ordered or more than was ordered by the customer. The proper party in the diiferent departments that check oif the goods as they are sent out by the Waiter takes the said detached coupons and after comparing them and seeing that they are all right deposits .them in the proper receptacle l for subsequent examination by the auditor.

In then passing out to the dining-roomor to wherever the customers are the waiter must pass'the tally clerk, who looks over the order and tears off the filled-out coupons of the se,-Y ries O. Then the .waiter proceeds to servev the goods, and..v 4after the vbill has been summed -up andfpaid *the waiterreturns the check and the balance of the unattached coupons to the cashier and pays the bill. The cashier detache's the last coupon, receipt, or notices which were not used and marks the total of the sales on the waiters-voucher, .which he must keep From the 'foregoing description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings', it will be seen that it is impossible to confuse the coupons or to match theni lrin va manner that is not warranted for fraudulent purposes, as the three series are distinguished fromeach other, as indicated in Fig. 4, and the chances for theunisummation of a conspiracy between the different waiters or salesman and the different departments is reduced to a minimum.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is'--T t These IIO for vhis receipt that the 4bill has been paid by him. i

1. A sales-check provided with coupon' portion containing longitudinal rows of per- IBO portion containingl longitudinal rows of per- 'forations and transvei se zigzag rows ol perforations that intersect the longitudinal rows and have their angles at thel points of intersection, whereby to forni a plurality of series of Coupons, the other portion ot the check displaying two numbers, one of said niiinl;ers heing designated as a salesinans nuinl;er and the other being designated as a cheek nuniher.

A sales-check provided with a lrow of peilorations dividing' it into two niain portions, one of said portions heing provided with parallel longitudinal rows of perforati ons and transverse zigzag rows of perforatiziiis that intersect the longitudinal rows and yhave their angles at the points ol intersection, f

wheiel 'v to forni a plurality of series of detachable Coupons, the other niairi portion of the cheek displaying' two numbers, one of said nunihers heingdesignated as a salesnians nuniher and the other being designated as a eheok number and each coupon hearing like nuinlzers.

perforationsdividing it into two main portions, one of said portions being provided with parallel longitudinal rows ofperforations and transverse zigzag rows of perforahave their angles at the points of intersection, wherehT to form a plurality of series of of the cheek displaying two nurnkers, one of said nunihers lteing designated as a salesnians nuniler and the other being designated asa cheek number and eaoh coupon hearing like nurnlers, the coupons of each series l: caring indicia, the-characters of which aredilforent on the Various coupons, as and for the purpose sot forth.4

In witness whereof I have hereunto a'HiXed my signature, this-14th day of Septeinher, i 1906, in the presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAV HEINERSDORF. Vitnesses:

ANNA SCHUSTER, PniPPi ROTH.

4. A sales-check provided with a row or" tions that intersect the longitudinal rows and detachable coupons, the other Inainportion,v 

